/tfg/ - Transformers General

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I want another testosterone laden series like Beast wars, were everyone was pissed as fuck.

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>>5799893
>tfw Sakamoto-designed Waifubot toyline never

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I'd be tempted to get this guy as a Thundertron diguised as Alpha-trion.

>>5799922
>I want another EXTREEEEME series like Beast wars
Fixed

>>5799935
I understand your pain
>>5799939
But is he a suitable waifubot?

>>5799893
>it's a beach episode

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Is ROTF Ransack worth it? He looks very unique and I dig his plane mode.

>>5799944

at least it was actually good unlike GI JOE EXTREEEEEEME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QliszDyZ8

>>5799950

Yes but get the Divebomb repaint since it's The Red Baron.

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>>5799950
Most definitely. ROTF was generally a fantastic line, and the Scouts were seen as the cream of the crop. Ransack was much-loved on /toy/, for his awesome biplane mode and creepy rickety "terminator wearing a mining helmet" altmode. He poses well, has a fairly interesting transformation, and looks great. What more can you ask for? Check out the rest of the ROTF scouts while you're at it, they're almost all amazing.

I feel kinda sad when I look back on that time. Whether or not you were into the Bayverse aesthetic, it was undeniable that Hasbro was bringing their A-game to the table. There have been some good toys since of course, but I kind of feel like things will never be that good ever again.

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>>5799958
er sorry, bot mode, not altmode. I'm kinda sleepy.

>>5799955
Divebomb is cool too, but I didn't dig how they made half his "bot parts" black and half that warm grey. It just made him look weirdly mismatched to me, and I also think the black doesn't showcase the details in the sculpt as well as the grey did. Still a good toy, but that annoyed me. Plus the fact that they made what I consider his lower jaw red instead of grey or silver.

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https://vimeo.com/channels/ntfarchive/175372554

>windblade is pissy and is now a blood thirsty savage
>"I AM WINDBLADE"

>>5799893
Waifus > all

Is Nautica the only upcoming waifu?

>>5799958
That Scout you posted goes for like $60

>>5799958
I never ever saw Mindwipe or Skystalker ONCE during the ROTF era. And at that time, I was visiting Target, Wal-Mart, and TRU on the reg. Fucking SoCal scalpers man. I never did get them in the end.

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Be honest, how many of us would prefer the "true" third mode of galvatron over the jet (the hand held laser ray)?

Also opinions, FINALLY titan returns voyagers have arrived in my country and they're in a store over an hour away from me, but $5 cheaper than normal rrp... the trip there is gonna go past that $5 saving.

Should I wait until a local branch gets them in, even though he has that shitty head gimmick I have the supplies to fix that galvatron, wanted the legends but paint can't help what needed to be modded anyway

What are some Shockwave figures you guys recommend? I have the cw legends and he's good but too small.

>>5799991
previous thread had some discussion >>5799688

>>5799991
I'd probably say the upcoming Second Chance Civil War one

>>5799991
Depends on your aesthetic/scale preferences. The most G1 looking Shockwave is the FoC deluxe but it's a little small and made of kinda shite plastic. DotM Shockwave is IMO the best sized and most solid figure but you have to be into the Bayformers look (personally I am but that's just me). Energon Shockwave is a good size and looks great, but his waist is a mess with no locking mechanism, so I wouldn't recommend him unless you're up for modifying him a bit.

>>5799991
>If it's not Leader or bigger it's shit!!!!!


Size Queens deserve to get AIDs

>>5800009
I know that tfs and scale go together like water and oil but I'd like a Shockwave that's at least a deluxe, voyager at best

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You think one could symmetrical dock two hotspots together with some modding?

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>>5799995
>The most G1 looking Shockwave is the FoC deluxe
Are you sure about that mate?

>>5799893
Fuck this waifu shit. I need some Skullsmasher to make this general acceptable.

>>5800013
Pretty much FOC Shockwave then.

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>>5799973
>Devastator
>Menasor
>Computron
There really is no discrimination when it comes to fucking up combiners, eh Windblade?

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On the subject of the last thread, post your yard-sale/inattentive relative/random combiners.

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Ta-da!

>>5799991
Ignoring price?
Masterpiece is my top pic. Some people dislike the lighter purple but I see no issue with it. Bigger beef is you need two types of batteries for his light up parts
After that it be alternators Shockwave very close to G1 in the no car parts design and very possible. That said he does turn into an earth alt mode which seems odd for him.
FoC Shockwave would be after that however he's a bit on the small, thin end of things and his gun is just comical to his body in terms of size

>>5800021
Skullfags are the absolute fucking worst

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>>5800037
Honestly, there isn't really much you can do with deployer minicons even if you give them 5mm pegs.

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>>5800041
But maybe if you have Victorion, you could do this.

But I do not have her, I do not want her, she is not my kind of waifu.

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>>5800016

>>5800034
I actually just got a CW Cyclonus in the mail today for the sake of putting the "replacement member" limbs on him for an original combiner. He's neat, and I'm impressed with all the remolding that was done for him, headsculpt is cool an looks like the mtmte design with the bw dinobot looking face, and that shade of purple is delicious.

The visible head in jet mode is weird though, and as much as I hate to use a buzzword, the plastic quality on this guy feels a bit off compared to most of my other cw stuff.

>>5800038
Is it just me or did everyone kinda forget about MP Shockwave? I haven't heard many people talk about him here recently, but it might just be TR overtaking discussion.

>>5800047
wow someone saved my picture!

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>>5799973
I really hope the "Mistress of Flame" turns out more red so we can have a female Terrorsaur.

>>5800043
Tell me, where are the minicons plugged into exactly?

I have a victorion, but apart from the groove ports the chest aren't identical

>>5800068
There's two 5 mm holes on Defensor's chest.

>>5800051
People often skip past mp's in discussions, whether it's cost (since RiD and generations are cheaper to acquire) too many letdowns to bother bringing them up (bumbebee size, shockwave's purple and spindly legs, track's proportions etc) is another matter.

I'd love more discussion about mp's but I don't see it happening

>>5800073
So...are these the connectors to groove, yes?

>reading listing for Fort Max
>2 AAA batteries required
Does he have lights or something?

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>>5800076
Groove uses the ones on the middle column pointing sideways.

There's 2 more 5mm holes facing forward

>>5800079
Light up eyes and speech, takara's one reads lines from the headmaster's anime, ours reads random generic crap, the sounds and voice change into 3 modes so him, emissary and cerebros all have something to say

>>5800080
So...its NOT the groove connectors

This saves me from digging out victorion then since the chest plates differ

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>>5800083
>>5800080
Actually they might fit.

(Don't judge me I just went for whoever came up first that I knew the angle would work!)

>>5799950
Robot mode looks like shit to me. I like ROTF Knock Out better from that scout line.

>>5800043
>>5800080
>>5800094
Wanting this abomination instead of Vicky's DFC.

>>5800051
MPs are a given to at least be pretty good, to they're not really worth discussing. Plus most MP only collectors don't really give a shit about non-82 to Movie designs, so you have a line that's pretty much composed entirely of slavish retro designs with not much else. I don't have a problem with that, but you definitely don't get the kind of diversity you get in the Generations lines.

Last I checked Shockwave was sold out in a bunch of places so it's pretty much a moot point anyway.

>>5800145
>Last I checked Shockwave was sold out in a bunch of places so it's pretty much a moot point anyway.

Not hlj, they had him up for sale at one point, g2 bumblebee sold out faster than him same for ironhide,dunno if the general price point of amiami is that good or one ordered too much and the other ordered not enough, my guess is the complaints about the purple and the spindly legs may of affected his sales, least at hlj

>>5800145
>Last I checked Shockwave was sold out in a bunch of places so it's pretty much a moot point anyway.

Except for HLJ, BBTS, TFSource, Amiami, Play-Asia, and if all else fails there's always eBay.
What places did you check, exactly?

>>5800038
>G1 [...] G1 it looks like G1 because it has to look exactly like G1 always all the time
I hate this fandom sometimes.

>>5800029
To be fair, in Computron's case it's a mercy killing since he's the Hasbro version.

>>5800052

You made this one.

it's hilarious dude.

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>>5799991

The Legends, which you're getting. After that the only really good ones are the MP or the 3P ones. All depends on the color you want really.

>>5800175
>baaaw it's not reedun baaw I hate the thing that started this franchise

yeah I can see why this fandom is hated.

>>5800158
>eBay
>paying scalper prices
>ever

You should have been aborted.

>>5800185
You realize that the franchise has existed for way longer than just G1 right? There is order of magnitudes more non-G1 material than there is G1.

I know you're desperately attached to your childhood but sometimes things that are different can be good.

Personally I'd rather have just about anything than another boring ass 1982 Autobot car.

>>5800187
>eBay
>always scalper prices

Lot of stuff, yeah. But occasionally, you get a good deal. It's not as consistent as, say, Amazon, or specialized retailers, but not considering all options makes you a retard.

I've gotten tons of shit off eBay for less than it'd have cost elsewhere just because the seller offered free shipping, or because it was a cheap lot deal, or an auction no one noticed that I got for a fraction of the years-later-scalper-price.

>>5800185
You already got the best possible Shockwave in the best possible scale for all your autistic needs, some people don't collect MP and might want a good alternative to engaging with a line they don't want to start with.
You don't have to be a manchild about it.

>>5800192
>There is order of magnitudes more non-G1 material than there is G1

Citing all the sources, sure. Citing each source individually VS G1? Nope, eat shit. G1 had a long running comic series, movie, 3 seasons, a Japanese continuation, and every comic series since (outside of one shot movie deals and specials) has been based on G1. We've had multiple games based on G1. G1 has tons of reissues, is the basis of most CHUG, and is the focus of the line still even now.

You're a blind faggot or a troll if you think the fandom isn't firmly entrenched in G1 or CHUG-based-on-G1.

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>>5800175
>State that the Alternator is G1 inspired
>shitpost this hard

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>>5800203
The Alternators looks goofy as fuck.
It might fit a Dr Smoov collection but I'm not doing that. Yet.

>>5800202
Oh, so you consider IDW G1 canon?

>>5800209
IDW is neo-G1, retard

>>5800213
>actually thinking faggotbots are g1

>>5800209

IDW is clearly an updated/re-imagined G1, same was WFC/FoC was, and Dreamwave stuff was, and how G2 was part of the G1 comic continuity etc.

>>5800209
>>5800213
I consider idw g1 another universe, its lore only within itself until fucking unicron gets involved

>>5800222
Just like how Animated, the movies, and UT are "reimagined g1?"

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>>5799973
Hey, I know it's hard, believe me, but just try to respect the feelings of the skullhaters. I'm trying my best. Pic related.

>>5800075
>Track's proportions
KO MP fag here. What's (supposedly) wrong with his proportions?

>>5800256
>Hey, I know it's hard, believe me, but just try to respect the feelings of the skullhaters

I respect all transformers fans equally, from Alpha trion to victorion, kek croc is just a better reactionary toy.

>KO MP fag here. What's (supposedly) wrong with his proportions?

Some think he's too skinny, I got a prooblem personally with the gap behind his head and the rear windshield but I did buy the mold 3 different times so I'm fine with it.

Its the same bitching people had with sideswipe's proportions

>>5800225
That is the correct thing. Not a direct continuation like other ones.

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>>5800256
I really, really wanna love Hardhead because of how much his altmode reminds me of Multimac, one of my favorite toylines as a kid. But sadly, his bot mode looks pretty shitty to me. I hate how pinched and tiny his face looks, and his body is just totally underwhelming to me. If Deluxes were still like $12 or so I'd say fuck it, I'll just enjoy him for his altmode, but for $20? Nahhhh. It still makes me sad though.

Aside from CW/UW Nosecone are there any good drill tank TFs?

>>5800228
I don't consider Animated a reimagined G1, but I definitely consider the movies, the UT, and Prime as reimagined G1 setups. I'm counting this primarily based on scenario rather than direct character parallels.

Keep in mind that I've been around for a while; so when Armada came out after the beast era, it certainly felt like a return to G1 in terms of set up and style. Its a series based on contemporary Earth where they take vehicle disguises. Same thing with the movies, and Prime, which even share a bunch of g1 characters(namewise, at least). And of course Energon's setup is based in part on the later G1 seasons.

>>5800342

Theres some good 3P ones, but they're out of print and expensive as fuck now.

>>5799302 #
i completely agree, never cared for the headmasters but the original chromdome has serious charm. i was gonna buy this version, but then a third party legends size chromedone got announced...

>>5799950
good toy, but everything pops off, his head, his arms, his thigh armor, and one of his feet, also his wings

maybe i just got a bad one?

>>5800388
Different anon but I just love a Chromedome that is actually a Headmaster so I personally bought the G1 and Maketoys. If I find the Fansproject for cheaper than what they are asking since I don't really want to pay $100 for a deluxe sized 3p toy I will pick that up and I will be picking up both the Takara and Hasbro release when they come out respectively.

are we finally going to see liokaiser at sdcc?

>>5800039
Sorry anon if you can't find a Skullsmasher atm. Once you have him in hand, he'll change your life.

>>5800400
I'd hope so.

I reckon a lot of the "reveals" will have been spoiled already, I hope we see new leaders, legends, and Titanmasters.

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>>5800400
Hope so, I mainly want to see "Deathsaurs" and if they did some remold.

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>>5800331
I'm really enjoying Hardhead (with built in Screamface). I like how..... well, basic his robot mode is. Like, nothing fancy, but solid and good colors.

I also like how smartly his limbs peg in on the tank mode. Very satisfying to me.

I don't regret paying for him at all, and I don't always say that

>>5800411
As soon as that moron stops posting his overpainted piles of shit in the pictures forums as a not so subtle buy my shit request or else he needs to think of doing the brave thing and going back and drinking himself to death.

>>5800418
Yep all the TR deluxes look great. It's just too bad I have no desire for the first wave.

>>5800423
I just hope he died before knocking up his poor fiance. I pity the kid who's gonna have an extra increased risk of diabetes otherwise.

>>5799977
Unite Warriors Victorion,which might be a totally different repaint going by the recent comics.

>>5800411
Shouldn't he be whining about the po-leece?

So it's the day before SDCC, and there's still no official press release for this year's exclusives. They all just got revealed in different fashion over the past few months.

Nobody considers this unusual?

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Anybody wanna buy my Devastator Custom?

>>5800471
>Cybertron Dirt Boss codpiece
>Energon Galvatron on the chestpiece
>cassetebots on the arms
What the hell?

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>you will never pay strippers with fake titties to come to your basement and pose with your giant custom transformer so you can take pictures :"(

>>5800476
Devy's holding a shockwave gun, too. Kek

>>5800489
I think that is a G1 Shockwave.

>>5800489
And I also noticed G1 Megs and Galvatron on his hips and Soundwave on the one arm.

>>5799950
fun toy, but mine acts just like >>5800389

>>5799955
fun to have both and make them fight

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>>5800418
Hardhead can be fun to take pics of too.

>>5800529
It kind of bothers me how long his arms are. Those are some real gorilla arms there.

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>>5800529
I especially like how he can have a copilot firing his cannon while he's fighting with his handheld gun.

(Using Skullcruncher's Headmaster as a stand-in doesn't count as skullfagging).

>>5800536
Your bar for gorilla arms is set too low. They work with the rest of the robot.

>>5800536
Yeah, I retract the arms on mine. And they can still bend at the elbow, too.

>>5800536
They're fine. Eat your Cheetos.

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So roughly 12+ hours under the sun and it did whiten but the left leg of this MachWaver combo is still a bit yellowish but everything else is bone white now where it needs to be bone white.

>>5800578
Wait, you WHITENED the toy by leaving it in the sun?

What the fuck?

>>5800593
Burn the witches

>>5799893
>painting panties on a female robot

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

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>>5800593
He left it soaking in hydrogen peroxide or Retrobrite or some similar solution, then put it out in the sun for a while. This causes a chemical reaction that whitens yellowed plastic/paint.

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>>5800599

Whats wrong with some panties on a robot?

>>5800599
>anonymously criticizing people for what they choose to do with their toys

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800599
>being pathetic

Jesus Christ how pathetic

>>5800599
>Believing in Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800608
>>5800614
>>5800616
>samefagging this hard

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800616
>being Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800617
>All this projection
Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800608
Painting panties on a toy is pathetic. Injecting what you can't get in real life into your hobby is sad and lonely.

Too bad I struck a nerve.

>>5800624
It's not projection. One is either so desperate to be close to a girl, even in it's painted on panties to do this, or they're a super creepy fuck. Either way, I'm laughing at you defending this, loser.

>>5800627
>deleting posts and then replying to the posts that replied to your deleted posts

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800628
Yeah, correcting posts to make a better argument is pathetic. Too bad you couldn't come up with a better counter argument, virgin. Don't you have a Monster High or Figma thread to be masturbating in?

>>5800631
>this damage control

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800634
Still don't have a valid counterpoint or argument. Thanks for proving me right.

>>5800635
> your head and this joke

Jesus Christ how pathetic

>>5800631
>>5800635
>not taking the time to proof read your post to get it right on the first try

Jesus Christ how pathetic

Oi, oi, oi let's take Jesus off da dashboard.

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>>5800627
>>5800631

>Trying to feel superior to others
>In a toy collector board

For the rest of the world you're a fucking nerd like everyone else here, deal with it.

>>5800537
>>5800529
Yeah, it is pretty cool. It kind of makes up for losing the other gun.

The others are a mixed bag since most lose something, and the TM compatible guns are almost always crap.

>all of these anons posting the same joke

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800649
At least I'm not a fat virgin living surrounded by toys of school girls.

>>5800652
I thought jokes were supposed to be funny.

>>5800653
>being this insecure about his hobby and what other people think of him

Jesus Christ how pathetic

>>5800656
>posting the "I thought jokes were supposed to be funny" meme

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800657
I don't collect school girls, so I have nothing to feel insecure about or care what people think.

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>find seller with BW toys
>ask for the price of a couple of basics
>30 dollars each because of MUH MISB
>mfw

>>5800653
>projecting this hard

Jesus Christ how pathetic

>>5800662
>I don't understand the concept of something unopened being valueable

>>5800663
Only a fat virgin would collect toys of school girls and defend something creepy and sad like painting panties on a robot girl. You don't have to be one of these mouth breathers to understand the logic behind it.

>you'll still respond anyway with another goal post moving comment

>>5800662
$30 each for sealed Beast Wars Basics isn't bad, you poorfag.

>>5800593
Yep I used some Transformers magic to do that but joking aside, like what >>5800604 I used a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and put them in a tupperware and then under the sun. I found out that you don't need to 100% submerge them in the solution to work, it is enough to have a sensible amount and then just seal it tight so while under the sun it evaporates and condenses inside the sealed container and that alone also works. Unfortunately on my Mach the paints on the tip of the shuttle kinda got ruined and that is the only painted part that was somewhat ruined. I can always just repaint that but whatever I guess.

>>5800668
>assuming people are what you are just because they're calling you out for the pathetic sperg with autismal butthurtery

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800667
>>5800671
How is it valuable if I'm going to throw the box away anyways?

>>5800675

MISB is still worth more even if you plan to rip it from the package, because it being MSIB means no one tried to shove Optimal Optimus up their ass for a Prime of a time.

>>5800673
My RTS legends Prowl suddenly went from being perfectly white to having yellowing spread all over his chest and legs. I might have to do this at some point. How do I avoid messing up the painted parts?

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>>5800668
>being this triggered by robots with sexy costumes painted on

Jesus Christ how pathetic.

>>5800684
That's cute and all but I can always just ignore that seller and wait for another one that is not trying to meme me out of my money.
I'm considering buying his Quickstrike, though.

>>5800687
You can't avoid the messed up paint unfortunately, some of the toys don't get affected and some don't get ruined but mine was the unlucky one that did.

>>5800693
Quickstrike is pretty fun. I got one at an anime shop last year for about 7 bucks loose.

>>5800693
Are you new to collecting? Because any decent collector knows how important the packaging is. I only buy loose shit personally if I'm planning to play with it or in the case of vintage stuff loose is fine when the price of one in box is x3~4 of the loose one.

Also if you plan of throwing the vintage package please just put it up on ebay and sell it for $30 bucks cause there will be people who are willing to pay for an empty box to make theirs boxed. Packaging for collectors is roughly 20~300% of an item's value against it being loose.

>>5800675
Basically because exactly what you'd do with them. Since you're throwing away that's one less MISB example of that figure in the world.

>>5800690
Are the Virtual-On games any good?
I want to ____ that robot.

>>5800700
>Are you new to collecting?
No, but I don't care much about the """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""rules"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" collectors make up.

>there will be people who are willing to pay for an empty box to make theirs boxed.
Well, shit, you just gave me a better reason not to buy MISB if I can help it.
If I wanted that MISB Quickstrike was to have it in as good a condition as possible because the transparent plastic scares me, but it might not be MISB but just a normal Quickstrike shoved into a box.

I can't find CW Sky Lynx anywhere for a good price.

Should I just buy a G1 Sky lynx for my CHUG shelf instead?

>>5800708
Yes. G1 Sky Lynx doesn't have a forced combiner torso mode.

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>>5800708
Yeah, the G1 is bigger.

>>5800715
I like the combiner mode a little, actually. But only as a bonus- not planning to display him as a gestalt.

On one hand the CW is more detailed and articulated but the G1 can split into the two robots and is bigger.

Fuck, we need a leader sky lynx for Titans Return or something.

>>5800723
Sky-Lynx would have worked much better as a Leader for TR. They were probably starting to plan for TR when they were thinking of making him, so I have no idea why they thought CW was more viable, when TR would have taken advantage of him more.

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>>5800723
Wish there was an oversized ko.

>>5800728
Oh hell that's a great idea. I'd buy an upsized leader one in a heartbeat.

>>5800728
Maybe that company that made that oversize AOE Evasion Optimus will make one.

>>5800726
They couldn't use him since he'd need a to be Titan Master compatible, and Sky-Lynx doesn't have a humanoid head.

>>5800733
Yeah, damn shame there weren't any Headmasters whose heads doubled as beast heads.

>>5800707
>No, but I don't care much about the """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""rules"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" collectors make up.
>look at me mom I'm edgy

Look at this special snowflake your parents must be proud of your autism.

>If I wanted that MISB Quickstrike was to have it in as good a condition as possible because the transparent plastic scares me, but it might not be MISB but just a normal Quickstrike shoved into a box.

You do know MISB means right? IT WAS never opened. You will be able to spot if the item was opened or tampered with the moment you see the item. MIB is mint in box which is basically opened/played but was always put back in their box.

And you're a fucking retard cause Quickstrike and the only way to get to him is to break the plastic clamshell and thus ruining the card back. That is not really MISB but MOSC; Mint On Seal Card. Those are harder to tamper with.

>>5800733
I'd love a leader sky lynx that splits into two robots- each one with a titan master cockpit and shitloads of little titan master pegs everywhere.

Maybe have a titan master form the head of the "lynx"?

>>5800703
They were but it's been dead for quite some time like most SEGA franchises

>>5800738
We both know they weren't great. Even if they gave him a head, the TM feet would need to be compatible with other figures so the heads would look really stupid.

>>5800187
Just because you dragged your feet does not make every seller on eBay a scalper.

>>5800741
t. scalper

>>5800748
t. Scalper

>>5800675
Your kind is really fucking stupid, you know that?

>baaaaaaw I can get an opened toy cheap but I'll cry about MISB prices that retards like me are directly responsible for baaaaaaaw

>>5800756
The box is supposed to be opened so you can play with the toy.
Where the fuck do you faggots come from?

>>5800752
>t. indecisive poorfag manchild

>>5800762
t. Scalper

>>5800761
Oh this is hilarious.

A tangible attribute like a sealed box is stupid.

But the intangible "muh furst 2 plaaaaaaay" isn't?

>>5800762
>t. indecisive poorfag manchild
>dur hur if i type scalper enough times it'll be OK to be an entitled little brat

>>5800766
>caring this much about defending scalpers
Jesus Christ how pathetic.

All scalpers should be killed

>>5800764
Help! I don't know if I want this toy guys! So many choices! Yes or no! So confusing! Maybe i should ask my wife's son what he thinks. Hopefully he won't beat me up again...

>>5800772
MISB has nothing to do with scalpers you cretin.

>>5800772
Scalpers really spaz out when you call them on their shit. They know everyone hates them and they're extremely bitter about it.

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I kinda like this new Starscream mold.

The big shoulder pads and the cape wings are a nice design choice.

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>>5800779

And, look, no "flip the plane over" transformation.

>>5800778
I didn't know there were so many scalpers here.
It might explain the amount of autists upholding G1 as superior to everything else made ever, even other parts of G1.

>>5800778
Guys, I finally decided I want a '57 Chevy! But they all cost more than the $1500 sticker price. Dirty scalpers, we should lynch them all! >:*O

>>5800779
Any QC issues for this guy yet?

>>5800774
>be decisive
>buy Motormaster
>first run has bad ratchets
>"wooooow pissbabies deserve it for buying things when they're new instead of waiting"

That's why I get all my TFs off of eBay now. I just report sellers as having not sent the item and get them for free.

>>5800779
Reminds me of the newer VFs from Macross

>>5800779
Can you do a more dynamic pose with the wing cape?

>>5800784
We literally didn't even know he existed until like two days ago

>>5800786
Yes, your laziness in not returning it to the store totally justifies fucking a stranger on eBay.

>>5800779
>>5800781
Hoping it gets retooled into Skyfall.

>>5800783
>not buying one from the junkyard and restoring it
Lazy americans.

>>5800784

The reviewer on Seibertron only said this -

>The plastic used is not hard plastic like the Power Surge Prime Warrior figure. It bends and the wing has a tendency to pop off during transformation.

>>5800793
Maybe he shouldn't be selling defective Menasors in the first place.

>>5800793
What's your eBay store called nerd? I'm looking for some sweet hauls

>>5800795
So the reviewer was Peaugh?

>>5800792
And there's already at least one review and people like to bitch immediately.

>>5800795
Not bad.

>>5800751
>>5800752
>>5800770
>>5800772

You guys bitch about scalpers and yet you fucking break your toys and lose the accessories and thus creating a market for people looking for stuff that are in good to amazing and complete condition and thus that's how the prices for older stuff goes up cause you know they don't make old shit anymore.

I'm not defending scalpers cause most of them are just scummy but I would understand why they would price a complete toy from the early days of Transformers cause finding one in that condition really does take time and effort to find. You just don't go and wake up one day and just walk down the street and expect to find 100% complete G1 Jazz or even a Diaclone Convoy for what they were back on retail. You actually will have to work for it to complete it yourself and pay as much as you are willing to. By the end of it you probably have spent weeks, months, or even years to complete one.

>>5800792
>>5800804
Vangelus and Ben reviewed it on Vangelus' panel in TFcon. I was actually there laughing my ass off since it was really a fun panel.

>>5800806
>and yet you fucking break your toys and lose the accessories
Talk for yourself, manchild. My old toys are in near mint condition and with all of their accessories.

>>5800806
>You guys bitch about scalpers and yet you fucking break your toys and lose the accessories

[citation needed]

>>5800808
Aaaaaaand?

>>5800810
Well I don't really have old toys since our family migrated to a different country and all of what I have now are stuff I just started amassing again after getting back into the hobby. Growing up I broke toys since most of my shit were KOs anyways so even if I took care of them they would just break from normal use, but my legit ones I did take care of them till I had to give them away. I had a lot of Beast Wars stuff that were still in Amazing condition and had all the parts still that were given away.

At least now as an adult collector, I try to get my shit MISB or MIB 100% complete at c8+ or if it's loose I try my best to also have them at 100% The only thing I let slide if they are missing are the missiles for the most part.

>>5800818
Well Vangelus said he will try to get it out asap but his last panel from 2015 got delayed till a few days to tfcon 2016 so don't expect anything at all is what I'm saying. But the toy really looked nice and is like a combination of G1, Prime, and animated. The plastic isn't too bad as well but the legs ball joints were a bit loose.

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>>5800828
Saw this on Vangelus' twitter. Actually, looks pretty nice.

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>>5800834
I'll probably pick it up for the transformation alone.

>>5800834
>>5800836
People were actually saying that they might start collecting the new RID coming out of this year cause Screamer looks promising. I guess Hasbro realized that nobody really wanted their shit warrior class and 1 step changers.

>>5800838
The warrior class has gotten wayyyy better since the first couple waves. Give it a shot, there are some really nice ones like Fracture.

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>>5800838
>>5800847

Yeah, some of the later RiD stuff is good.

I'd recommend Drift, Fracture, Megatronus, Thunderhoof, Quillfire...and the upcoming Windblade, Scorponok, and Bisk all look good.

There's also a Ratchet coming out soon but that's just a remold of Strongarm. Your mileage may vary on Strongarm - some people really like her but I find her to be just a bit too kibbly for my tastes. Still might get Ratchet though since I just like Ratchet.

Also I'll recommend the RiD Jazz. It's an unbelievably simple toy but there's some appeal to him. I like his lance.

>>5799984
Yeah, I stopped collecting G.I. Joes because the scalping problem.

>>5800860
She does have a bit of kibble and I didn't even want her at first, but getting her in hand, for some reason my opinion completely changed. She's a really nice figure. And I agree about Jazz. He's also very nice.

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>>5799893
>AM Arcee
>Nobody posts the shoop

>>5800932
>Putting nipples on a robot toy

Jesus Christ how pathetic

>>5800948
And ugly robot at that. It's like those bara doujins where they have puffy nipples baka

>>5800973
How can hardhead be getting head when he has no head?

Checkmate atheists

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>>5800973

>>5800973
>"Will work for head."

>>5800471
>>5800477
>>5800480
What the fuck am I looking at

>>5801009
>>5800973
You have the same sense of humour as a child, and probably the same age as one.

>>5801025
Someone post the Ultra Magnus MTMTE edit right now

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>>5800989
>>5801009
Maybe you should stop trying to be funny with lewd toy pictures and start cleaning your filthy house. Seriously, is that mold?

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>>5800836
Does look like a nice figure but i just can't get with RiD's simplified kiddy decos.

>>5801034
Get the inevitable Takara version then. That Starscream actually seems like a good mold. I'm sure Takara will give us Thundercracker and Skywarp too.

>>5801034

Almost reminds me of Animated Starscream. No interest, but looks almost decent except for the horrible round symbol area.

>>5800480
Holy fuck, what's with all the random G1 toys in weird spots on the figure? For what purpose?

does /tfg/ have a discord? can we?

>>5801115
No and no.

>>5801115
No thanks

>>5801165

Every post with Skullcruncher makes me want him more.

Right now I'm planning on getting him, Weirdwolf, and Mindwipe from Titan's Return because I love robot animal transformers. I'd like to get three autobots to balance them out... Heardhead is a given, and probably Blurr, but I'm not sure about a third. Chromedome i've never really liked (the beige stationwagon masquerading a coupe deco always turned me off), though the Hotrod remold is interesting...

Any other suggestions?

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>>5801177
>robot animal transformers
RiD/TAV Decepticons, obviously

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Based TFcon's comic insults fangirls and women being attention whores.

Love them

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>>5801187
And/Or even Rescue Bot minicons, if you don't mind the brickiness and toddler style.

>>5801192
Serious? That was the comic they gave out last week?

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>>5801192
I loved the con's Q and A by the people running it after. A bunch of fan girls complained about the comic because it didn't feature 300lbs blue haired hairy women and they gave a fuck you answer.

>>5801192
scans of the whole thing?

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>>5800270
>thinking Tracks is too skinny
I think it's nice to have some variety in body types. Plus it suits Tracks.

Of course, we know geewunners won't be happy until their toys magically shift their mass to perfectly match every shitty screencap of a 30 year old cartoon.

>>5801221
Don't talk quite so much shit if you can't even post a photo right side up.

Just sayin'.

>>5801192
You mean the female cosplayers, right? I don't see how it's insulting to fangirls in general.
>based
The comic looked like fucking garbage, dude.

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>>5801202
lolwut

What was their answer?

>>5801249
It's not the art, it's the message.

>>5801256
Slutty cosplayers are barely an issue at TFCon, so even then it's a stupid message.

Shit like Fanexpo and Anime North? Absolutely.

>>5801266
This. There was like one. The entire con. And she was very sweet from what I could tell and just wanted to have fun. There were many other cosplayers too but none that I would call slutty like you would see at an anime con like with the bunny girls or swimsuits.

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>>5801281
Did you see any waifu bots?

>>5801294
No cosplayer ones, no.

>>5800480
Oh those poor half-scale Punished Snake hands.

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>>5801294

>>5800331
>$20
do they not cost $15 where you live?

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Defend this.

>>5800627
>Painting panties on a toy is pathetic. Injecting what you can't get in real life into your hobby is sad and lonely.
This is literally what toys are about.

>>5801335
Obama hates space shuttles and he wants to kill them all. Sky Lynx gets a pass because he's part-chicken.

>>5801335
It's the right shade of brown and fits in more thematically with the team. It however does have its faults. Hasbro picked, out of two heads used on that mold, the one that is the most inaccurate. They also used the weakest jet mold i.m.o. The superior Air Raid and Sky Dive molds are only used one each in the mass retail waves.

>>5801335
It doesn't look like cheetos and isn't grossly obese in arm mode. It also fits in better with the combat vehicles aesthetic of the Combaticons. Because lets face it, we're not getting attack space shuttles in the next 50 years

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>>5801335
It fits in well with the rest of the Combaticons. It has good colors that really work on CW Bruticus. It manages to bring the Quickslinger head to mass retail, which I appreciate, even though it's inaccurate.

Also the pack-in bio gives a clever excuse for the jet mode, which is amusing.

>>5801335
Stays together in arm mode.

>>5801266
>Shit like Fanexpo and Anime North? Absolutely.

Speaking of Fan Expo are you gonna line up for the Hasbro booth to buy their SDCC Fort Max if they have it there this year?

During TFcon last weekend there was this one chick was was really hot but she was with who I would assume is her boyfriend but every time I see her I could see the fat neck beards around ogle at her and leer at the guy.

>>5801353
>It also fits in better with the combat vehicles aesthetic of the Combaticons.
>It fits in well with the rest of the Combaticons.
People literally think that looking nothing like one of the combiner members means he "fits" better with the team.

Do you Reduners stop and listen to yourselves sometimes?

>>5799985
Honestly, I'd prefer a leader class Classics Galvatron. I don't like the emplaced gun mode, and I can't stand hand laser mode.

>>5801371
He said as he oggled and leered himself.

>>5801380
Damn straight mothafucka.

>>5801376
Shuttle Blastoff also looks nothing like the others. At least Jet Blastoff goes with Vortex as an aerial assault team

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Brawl's official instructions are so weird. The boat-cycle thing has him riding while the jeep has him as a filler-brick.

>>5801401
That's how all the titan masters are, they form part of the vehicle in one more (and also in gun mode) and ride it in the other mode.

>>5801335
>looks good
>plays well
>transforms into something that should be attached to a combiner made up of military vehicles

that was easy

How the fuck do I get plastic glue to work? Trying to glue the broken hand port on Vortex and it isn't working.

I'm using Tamiya Plastic Cement btw

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>>5801418
I know that, but it just seems more natural for him to ride the jeep instead of the canoe-cannon-thing.

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>>5801430
At least, that's my head-canon.

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>>5801429
Didn't we talk about this in the other thread? Plastic Cements don't really work for low surface areas like Vortex's port, what you need is the plastic weld since that literally melts the plastic so they do stick together structurally again.

>>5801440
We did but I'm a different anon.

Plastic weld? I'll give that a try. Where can I buy it?

>>5801440
>Plastic Cement
>Plastic Weld
You realize those are the same things?

>tfw no knockoff Arcee figures

dammit.

>>5801457
There's plenty of knockoff animated arcees in a variety of colors.

>>5801446
Plastic Weld is a much stronger solution than a plastic cement. Plastic weld is a liquid solution that actually evaporates if you just leave it there while a plastic cement leaves residue and is mostly in the form of a gel. I know since I own both for repairing stuff.

>>5801444
Ebay or Amazon.

>>5801457
I'm fairly sure those are customs, not knockoffs

>>5801457
The Generations Arcee? Just buy the Takara release since those should still be around their retail price and it's more cartoon/anime accurate.

>>5801430
Is it possible for a TM to ride the jeep while Brawn is in brick mode?

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>finally get a second shelf
>not even half of my transformers
>already a clusterfuck

Guess a third shelf will be needed.

>>5801477
Is that SIC Gaim? I can't tell, it looks small next to that Apocalypse Zero SHF.

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>>5801480
Oh, that's not the SHF apocalypse zero

That's the SIC manga realization one. Comes in a two pack with Raiden. Gaim is your standard SIC 8 inch-ish figure.

>>5801488
Oh, nice. That looks a lot better than the SHF actually.

>>5801491
I personally like the SIC more too. Surprisingly, the SIC has less die cast than the SHF, but the sculpt and paint on the SIC is so much nicer.

To be fair, the SHF zero is quite old for a figuarts.

>>5801493
Kinda sucks how easily all the metal parts come off though.

>>5801495
Thankfully not an issue with the SIC.

If you get a chance, get em. The two pack goes for REALLY cheap on mandarake. IIRC I paid CAD 50$ for it.

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So I figured since I have 90 days to return a toy to Walmart, I'd just get Blurr while I wait for Brainstorm or a Nautica review.

And man, he's really great. He just feels really solid over all and I hope that isn't something that will be lost in the remolds.

>>5800404
Skull is love. Skull is life.

>>5801466
I think you mean to say that that particular brand is stronger than Tamiya's."Plastic Weld" is the brand name. "Plastic Welding" is the application. "Plastic Cement" is the general term for the product for this application.It even says "Plastic Solvent Cement" on the label of that bottle >>5801440

If so, I hope that anon knows what he's doing with this stronger solution. It's probably good to know if
>It sounds like that hairline crack issue, is anon using the thin version of Tamiya cement?
>After application, did anon apply clamping force to both sides of the crack?

>>5801498
That's a pretty good deal. How long ago was this?

>>5801495
>not gluing the metal parts like a sane person

The SIC isn't as poseable as the Figuarts, also.

>>5800079
He can say his own name just like Matt Damon in Team America!

>>5801505
I'm too scared to put glue on my expensive Japanese collectible.

>>5801507
You only need to add a small dab of glue on the pegs, insert.

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>>5801474
Nice trick question, you almost got me.

>>5801502
It's a hairline crack, yeah. I'm using the standard version, does that work too?

And I just let it sit there using the plastic tolerances to clamp itself. Do I have to clamp it myself or is that good enough?

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>>5801509
What? No, I actually meant while Brawn the brick is affixed to the jeep.

>>5801499
>I hope that isn't something that will be lost in the remolds.
It's weird, actually. It seems like nowadays, instead of mold degradation the remolds end up improving upon any problems the first use had. Optimus/Motormaster/Battle Core, Hot Spot/Onslaught/Pyra Magna, etc. Whether you like the way they look or not, they always get better as the line goes on.

>>5801499
Is that Wheelie a good copy?

>>5801515
>Hot Spot/Onslaught/Pyra Magna

You mean like Pyra Magna's un-lockable knees?

>>5801519
onslaught which came after hotspot turned out to be better in a way, but it was the ones after him (the uw release, g2 and pyra magna) that suffered, even CW menasor suffered until a re-release and the uw release fixed the ratchets

Its hit and miss

>>5801504
From March this year. It was 3000 yen (was opened) and with shipping, it was just a bit past 50 Canuck dollarooneys.

>>5801505
I own both. The figuarts is more poseable but good luck getting it to stand with all that die cast and the loose die cast ankle joint.

>>5801512
The tamiya's extra thin version is able seep into the crack to melt mating surfaces. The standard version is too thick for hairline cracks. >>5801440 sounds like it's thin too, idk.

If you do not apply clamping force, the joint will be uneven, resulting in another weak spot waiting to crack.

>>5801518
His arms are loose as fuck like all the others and there is a tiny bit of a stress mark near where a metal nail is installed, but overall there isn't anything that would get in the way of enjoying the toy. It's probably true that his plastic isn't the best.

>>5801508
Instead of glue you can also use clear nail poilsh to tighten joints.

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>>5801513
The official brick mode is like this.

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>>5801540
Oh, okay. Weird. I guess they wanted a way for Brawn to integrate into his proper jeep mode.

But yeah, I much prefer having that seating space.

>>5801538
We're not even talking about joints, you dummy.

So how many gimmick lines has Titans Return incorporated so far?

>headmasters
>micromasters
>action master-esque vehicles for titan masters

What am I missing?

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>>5801546
That display is quite interesting because this is the canoe-cannon-cycle mode from the instructions.

>>5801530
It's not just thin anon it is liquid based so they seep into cracks and shit. The regular plastic cement is gel based for the most part and is better used for stuff with bigger surface areas because it doesn't evaporate as fast as the liquid version but the one I posted is extremely potent if you get it working right. That Landcross I posted a few threads back had a missing broken piece that I managed to carve a new piece from a different plastic that reacts to the chemicals as well used it to repair the broken part with satisfying results. I'm just glad that toys after 1980's used plastics that reacted with solvents like those.

>>5801502
I guess so, either way if it does the job it does it.

>>5801552
Micromaster bases if you fan mode the bodies of the deluxes/voyagers.

>>5801559
Oh, that's actually significantly different from the way I thought it looked. I'm warming up to that mode now.

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>>5801540
Official gunmode is half-transformed from the jeep.

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>>5801575
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>>5801552
Diaclone pilots. If the third line is gonna be 84/85 redux I want them to have Titan Master seats where the old cockpits were in G1.

>>5801581
>If the third line is gonna be 84/85 redux
It's not

>>5801590
Okay. I still want TM seats and cockpits.

>>5800779
Sorry, I'm not up to date with TF news, and not in America so have no clue with availability.

So this Starscream is out in stores? Is it exclusive to somewhere? What else was in the same wave?

>>5801598
Its a tru exclusive.

I'm waiting on him too but with they went about the tru exclusive RiD figures in Australia and ANY current tf's would sugest we might miss out on them, got lucky enough to get that exclusive prime redeco, let alone the rest at the time.

As for what else there is in the wave, a blue/purple repaint of scorponok with a head that homages beast wars, a retool on deluxe prime and...forgot the other one

>>5801599
Ok, at least a store that exists in Canada.

Should get it eventually then.

That sucks.

>>5801603
...so does that mean you're in canada?

Because the first reported sighting WAS in canada

*please correct if wrong*

>>5801603
Oh yeah now that this >>5801617 mentioned it, you should be able to find it in Canada, like I said on this post >>5800808 Vangelus and Ben did review it on their panel and people actually had them in their booths.

>>5801559
>that lack of paint
Absolutely disgusting.

>>5801599
>tru exclusive
One would think this is the kind of thing Hasbro would announce. I guess like their designs, they're not putting any effort into publicity.

>>5801632
They didn't announce the last tru exclusives did they?

The fact the starscream mold exist means they're incompetent

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>>5801632
Did we know about Megatronus's regular release when we found out about the TRU exclusive version?

>>5801634
>The fact the starscream mold exist means they're incompetent
What do you mean?

>>5801638
>What do you mean?

Because no one knew until someone bought one, no announcement or anything

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>3 more days until

>TAKARA WINS AGAIN

>>5801645
Very exciting. Good of Takara to actually promote their products instead of the ol' Hasbro method of "Here, take this."

>>5801647
Pretty sure this is chinese but they usually advertise in other forms, tf_yuki on twitter brings up the hype, various hobby magazines bring them up in prototype form and so forth.

Its from a facebook page belonging to actionrobo reminding people of the release dates, hong kong based

So I just scored mp g2 bumblebee from ebay for $35, plus 12 shipping.

Bootleg or official doesn't matter to me, rate my purchase, did I do good?

Same seller sold a red mp bumblebee with collector coin for $5 LESS after auction (was gonna jump on that but I have more attachment with the g2), I assume its the real deal as its a local seller but its not a concern, because the price was right (to me)

>>5801617
>>5801624
Shit really. Well that's what happens when I only buy stuff online or from comic book stores. I can walk to places I need to go so rarely go out of my way to TRUs.

Keep an eye on their site but I assume they are unreliable.

Guess I will bug some stores with a phone call then.

>>5801659
For me I buy 90% of my purchases online, the other 10% are impulse purchases.

But all purchases I either watch cringe worthy reviewers online OR as I prefer I actually grab them off the shelf and give them the old eye, I didn't think tr galvatron was any good but in person he ain't so bad.

Shame the head is even worse in person and takara's version is just an expansive redeco, sentinel prime though was a pleasant surprise, seeing the toys I'm about to buy online gives me a better perspective and sometimes leads to surprises like old stock that I actually wanted

>>5801335
It's better than the Takara one.

>>5801645
>takara wins
>decos are the exact same and heads look worse.

>>5801335
>its cheaper
>fits the theme better
>its colors better match hasbro apologist over takara elitist
>It has no known qc issues
>its sturdy enough to be thrown at the wall and survive the impact

I'm a takara elitist who owns 2 of these, and I still want the UW

>>5801630
Indeed, most of the paint went to Brawl's pretty face

>>5801662
Yeah, that's why I wish their own website will at least be synchronized to what comes out or came out. TR stuff on TRU Canada site says 8/16 so I assume they don't have it and anything newer is still months away.